Choose to Refuse

[Coldicote]

There's a lot about BT 'Choose to Refuse' on the internet as a way of stopping unwanted phone calls:

http://bt.custhelp.co...s-choose-to-refuse%3F

At one point it says, "To bar other numbers at any time with Choose to Refuse, Dial 14258 and enter your PIN....."

I cannot find how I'm supposed to establish/register a PIN. Does anyone on AB use this facility. Advice welcome.

[cathfromsaron]

i have done and BT give you the PIN when youi start to pay them for the CTR service! and it only works where number is shown!

cath x

[dzug2]

I think you have to register for the service (and maybe pay for it - not sure if it's chargeable) before you can use it. presumably you get the PIN at this stage

Try 0800 789456 for more info

[bednobs]

you have to set it up via customer services And from what i can gather, you have to pay

[Coldicote]

Thanks a lot for your helpful replies. The next thing I must try to find is the cost. I expect it's hiding away there somewhere, but it certainly isn't easy to find!

[Old_Geezer]

Just up to 10 numbers ? I suspect there are more than 10 numbers worldwide trying to cold call others.

[Philtaz]

Saw the title of the OP and wondered if it was about Tevez until I saw the Technology sub-heading........!

[bongoboy]

I have choose to refuse with BT it costs £3.40 a month, i think i received a pin from them when the service became active and i changed it to one i would remember.
If you get a nuisance call and the number shows up on your caller display (but don't answer it) you dial 14258 enter your pin and enter the callers number and press to confirm. If you answer the call and speak to them you press 14258 and the message asks you if you would like to block the last phone number you received.

[Coldicote]

As it can only accept 10 numbers and would need a lot of updating, I'm thinking now it would not be right for me. I occasionally visit my ISP's webmail page where anything unwanted can be identified as 'junk' and also have MailWasher. Taking all into account there could be up to 2,000 emails in some weeks.

One mistake was when I created a website with numerous sub-sections and used too many variations of my email address. I could put anything in front of the @ and they were all picked up by spammers as separate addresses. Thank you all for your interest.